From: jfranks@gilanet.com
Sent: Saturday, March 31, 2001 4:40 PM
To: fdadockets@oc.fda.gov
Subject: What's in your food? (FDA Dockets 00N-1396 and 00D-1598)
Dear Corporate and Government Leaders,
Neither government nor industry is protecting Americans from the risks posed to human health and the environment by genetically engineered (GE) foods. The Food and Drug Administration's "new" policy on GE foods (proposed January 18, 2001) continues to let the biotech industry regulate itself; it fails to require the long-term, pre-market safety testing demanded by independent experts. The "voluntary labeling" guidelines are a wholly inadequate response to the overwhelming public support for mandatory labeling of genetically engineered foods. Therefore, I urge you to keep all genetically engineered ingredients and crops off the market unless:
1) Independent safety testing demonstrates they have no harmful effects on human health or the environment,
2) They are labeled to ensure the consumer's right-to-know, and
3) The biotechnology corporations that manufacture them are held accountable for any harms they may cause.
I am amaized that you would want your family to be Guina Pigs for such unknown territory. I eat all Organic Food so I won't buy your products unless I know they are G.E. and pesticide free. DDT was a big failure and now your messing with the fabric of life. Do you want to live on the Island of Doctor Moroe. I want all G.E. foods banned. When we change something as subitle as the DNA of life forms I believe we are opening Pandora's Box of a sort we cannot stop. Please stop and think if the profit is worth the price. We are responsible for the future. Thank you for your time. Stephanie Linn
Sincerely
Stephanie Linn
11674 Hwy 180 E
Silver City , New Mexico 88061